Shakespeare's Poetics: Aristotle and Anglo-Italian Renaissance Genres

By Sarah Dewar-Watson

Book Overview

The startling central idea behind this study is that the rediscovery of Aristotle's Poetics in the sixteenth century had a profound impact on almost every aspect of Shakespeare's late plays. Re-examining the plays, Dewar-Watson shows how the generic complexity of Shakespeare's late plays is informed by contemporary debates about tragicomedy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409406393
• ISBN13: 9781409406396
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"